Use of aliphatic hydrocarbons to infer terrestrial organic matter in coastal marine sediments off China

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1940-1946

  Liu, Liang Ying ^a,b   Wang, Ji Zhong ^a   Guan, Yu Feng ^a   Zeng, Eddy Y ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Coastal marine sediment; Fluvial transport; N Alkanes; Terrestrial organic matter

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; COASTAL MARINE SEDIMENTS; FLUVIAL TRANSPORT; N-ALKANES; TERRESTRIAL ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; PARAFFINS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

SEDIMENTS;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; ALKANE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; ALKANE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; COASTAL SEDIMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BACTERIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; CHINA; DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; RIVER; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; VASCULAR PLANT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT; WATER SAMPLING;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; YELLOW SEA;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 84865382954     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.04.023     Document Type: Article

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